OISAIR

Establishment of the

Open Innovation System

of the Adriatic-Ionian Region

Simona Knežević Vernon, Technology park

Ljubljana

Project background

The Adriatic-Ionian area is suffering from:

Low investment in R&D activities

Poor IP protection

Weak technology transfer activities,

Valley of death

Strong influence of traditional business

Limited cooperation of science&tech.

parks, incubators and clusters

Low entrepreneurial skills and

low knowledge about innovation

Wide regional disparities

Limited sectoral/ cross-sectoral specialisations

(Adriatic-Ionian Cooperation Programme 2014-2020)

Need to build up efficient research and innovation systems

Need to enhance R&D investment,

Need to develop policies fostering research and innovation

Need to support cooperation schemes between territorial institutions, business sector and universities, technological institutes….

Project strategic objective

OISAIR pursues the strategic

objective of establishing and

developing the

Open Innovation System of the

Adriatic-Ionian Region,

competitive and attractive at

regional and macro-regional level.

Ois-air specific objectives

• Improve skills and competencies of R&D centers by assisting the creation of innovation networks beyond borders.

• Stimulate SMEs access to research infrastructures (i.e. labs) and increase business investments in R&I

• Valorise research results and establish durable links and synergies between transregional enterprises, research and development centers and research infrastructures.

The OISAIR pillars

• OISAIR Hub

(www.oisair.net)

• Hub&Spoke Model

• OISAIR Network

The OISAIR Hub

• a web-based platform;

• a virtual environment for the coordination and

operations of the OISAIR Network;

• an area for knowledge, innovation, technology,

initiatives and opportunities exchange;

• willing to be the innovation marketplace of the

Adriatic-Ionian Region.

The Hub&Spoke model

The OISAIR Hub&Spoke model is a collaborative knowledge and infrastructure sharing system where the transnational Hub and the local Innovation Centers are connected to support transnational innovation in the ADRION area.

The Hub : Coordinated by AREA Science Park, the HUB collects and organizes

activities, infrastructures & tech platforms and connects the Innovation

Centres.

The Spokes: local innovation centers providing inputs for innovation

demand/offer;

Local assets ,excellences-research infrastructures, incubators, accelerators, specialized

innovation services, experienced staff are pooled together to create a lively Hub&Spoke

organization able to meet the technology and innovation needs of SMEs at transregional level.

1

Pilot Macro-

Regional S3 definition

2

Engagement with policy

makers

3

Hub&Spoke Service Model

4

Transnational research

valorization

The OISAIR multi-level structure

Definition of a Pilot Macro-Regional S3 to identify the priority sectors

• Elaborate a pilot macro-regional S3 with the support of the JRC and upon confrontation with stakeholders and policy members of the AI region;

• Mapping excellences and specializations in the area;

• Develop a technological foresight according to the areas of specialization;

• Select the specializations/ technology trajectories able to develop

innovation networks (B2B collaborations, B2R value chains) where the

transnational collaboration is able to generate added value;

1

Pilot Macro-Regional S3

Definition and analysis

Pilot Macro-Regional S3 definition

• Elaboration of a Action Plan for the implementation of the Pilot Macro-Regional S3 in collaboration with stakeholders and policy members to establish the basis for the governance and drive the operations of the OISAIR Network.

• Subscription of a Declaration of Intents by policy makers (ministries, regional

administrations) for the maintenance of the system once the ADRION co-

financing has ceased;

• Elaboration of the Adriatic–Ionian HUB business plan;

• Establishment of the OISAIR Network based on a Collaboration Agreement

signed by PPs defining operational objectives, regulating the access to

infrastructures, identifying coordination structures;

2

Engagement with policy

makers

Engagement with policy makers

Organization of the Hub&Spoke Network

3

Hub&Spoke Service Model establishment

• Development of the OISAIR Hub as a web platform, organized in priority sectors aligned to the Pilot S3.

• Identification of targeted innovation services

for the whole network;

• Development of the competencies of the Innovation Centres

staff through dedicated training modules (e-learning/training

on the job);

Organization of the transnational call for the valorization of research

results on the basis of the POC model, where innovation projects will be

developed through transnational R2B collaboration;

Delivery of 10 innovation vouchers (worth 18.500€* each) to the most

promising co-development projects embedded into the Adriatic-Ionian RIS3;

4 Transnational

Research

valorization

Start-up of the HUB activities

Organization of Open Innovation

Workshops promoting the services for

companies and the Adriatic Ionian

research system; start-up of meetings

with companies (B2B) and research groups

(B2R), promotion of technology platforms;

Timetable and main future events

March 2019:

-OISAIR Platform

-Manifesto Signing

-Technology Foresight

Ending:

June 2020* Starting:

Jan. 2018

December 2018:

Pilot Macro Regional S3

June 2019:

Deadline of the Call

for Ideas and

opening of the Call

for Projects

April 2019:

- Open Innovation workshops

-Action Plan

-Collaboration Agreement

-Launch of Innovation services

-Launch of the POC Call

October 2019 :

Deadline of the

Call for Projects

December 2019:

Provision of 10

Innovation Vouchers

Thank you for your attention!

Technology park Ljubljana ltd. Simona Knežević Vernon Simona.vernon@tp-lj.si

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